Question about Krylon Fusion

Its been a good year and a half with my Inspiron 6400, and now that the warranty is expired, im looking to paint the machine

Looking around the forums, i have seen informative posts about the Krylon "Fusion" series of paints, and it seems like the easiest method would be to just simply pick a can of this up at the local Wal-Mart, mask off surfaces that i don't want painted, and spray the paint on. Would this be overly simplistic?

I am looking to paint the bumpers of the 6400 first, much like lmark84l described in this post. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=51378

Would applying Krylon Fusion be enough to get the computer to look like the picture that lmark84l posted?

My lid is also scratched, and i have thought about painted that as well, but it seems like a lenghty process that i would like to aviod if possible.

As a afterthought, i have read that dismantling the computer would help, and it would be a good time to apply Arctic Silver. I have applied Arctic Silver to desktop processers, but never a GPU. Would applying paste to the x1400 in the dell / the processor in the dell, be much different?

Thanks for your time.

 

Yes it is certainly possible to mask and paint (my Asus was masked for the paintjob). I think mark decided that he should have used a clear coat over the krylon but hopefully he will post up with info. My averatec (painted with krylon) has been a desk queen getting no wear at all so I can't really give advice on how well it lasts (I used a clear on mine)

If you want to disassemble (for paint or artic silver) the most important thing to know is that notebook components are more delicate than desktops and can be tricky to disassemble/reassemble (easy to break things if not careful)

For a first timer, I would recommend masking realy really well and doing just the lid first. You can always do the bumpers later. You can find tons of info on how to paint so I will not detail that here but say that if this is your first time painting something then practice on a piece of scrap first.

Good Luck and let us see the results

 

Yeah, make sure you mask it real well. Keep in mind particles of paint will drift around, so mask everything off that youre not painting. Take the time to set it up and prepare it right. It's worth it.